Underwater Treadmill Therapy

One of the innovative therapies we offer at All Pets Vet Hospital for canine rehabilitation is the underwater treadmill. It’s effective because it provides a controlled and comforting warm-water environment, where specific joints or muscle groups may be targeted.

Specifically, the underwater environment creates reduced weight-bearing, enabling more limb movement. This is especially beneficial for pets with arthritis, as well as, for geriatric and senior pets. The underwater treadmill also creates a low-impact workout for increasing muscle strength and cardiovascular endurance for all pets recovering from injury or surgery.

Treatments can be customized through variable water heights, accommodating different sized dogs and various weight-bearing exercises.

Other benefits include:

Improved muscle strength and endurance

Reduced healing time by improving circulation

Reduced need for pain medications

Reduced swelling and improved management of acute and chronic pain

Improved joint range of motion

Improved cardiovascular function

Companion Laser Therapy

Part of our canine rehabilitation program, companion laser therapy is an innovative way to treat pet pain, arthritis, inflammation, edema, and for repairing superficial lesions. Continuous laser emissions act fast on inflammation, stimulating blood and lymphatic circulation, and inducing fast re-absorption of fluid build-ups. Companion laser therapy is not toxic and has no side effects.

Laser therapy is used for treating conditions such as:

Hip and elbow dysplasia

Post operative complications

Arthritis

Ear problems

Urinary tract diseases

Muscle and ligament strains/sprains

Symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis

Other chronic conditions such as lick granulomas

Benefits of Laser Therapy

Laser therapy is the most researched and published modality in physical rehabilitation and has demonstrated a multitude of clinical benefits that include: relieving pain from minor muscular and joint aches, decreasing pain and stiffness associated with arthritis, relaxing muscle spasms, and increasing local blood circulation.

A laser is a device that emits a special form of light. Treatment is simple and painless. The laser light energy becomes absorbed by the tissue, stimulating the healing process and treating conditions such as:

Hip and elbow dysplasia

Post operative complications

Arthritis

Ear problems

Urinary tract diseases

Muscle and ligament strains/sprains

Symptomatic treatment of osteoarthritis

Other chronic conditions such as lick granulomas

Electrical Stimulation Therapy

Electrical stimulation is a form of stimulation that promotes muscle growth and strengthens muscles weakened by disease. ES can also be used to treat muscle atrophy, joint mobility, and musculoskeletal dysfunction.

Electrical stimulation is used to:

Prevent muscle atrophy with paretic dogs

Post-surgery, in non-weight-bearing limbs

Promote muscle re-education and strength

Hasten post-surgery recovery

Reduce pain in acute and chronic conditions

Therapeutic exercises are individual and personalized. They include active, passive, and resisted exercises that are most effective in a dog's rehabilitation.

At All Pets Vet Hospital, we have a wide variety of exercise equipment including:

Balance boards

Physioballs and physiorolls

Cavaletti poles to adjust gait

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